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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Viola L. (スミレ)Viola diffusa Ging.
ssp. tenuis (Benth.) W. Becker (Viola tenuis Benth.) |
Distribution: east Asia, including southern Kyushu and Ryukyu in Japan Habitat: roadsides, grasslands and cropfields Flower: pale-yellow center, small lower petal Spur: short Leaf: hairy, serrate (spoon-like) → identification key from the other species Chromosome number: 2n = 26 ssp. tenuis (ナンバンスミレ): hairiness and obcordate leaf base |
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[1-4] on a rocky slope near Terukuni Shrine at the foot of Shiroyama nature road in Kagoshima City, southern Kyushu, on March 20 2015.